There are also links to study guides created for another course in which an assigned work or author is taught.  Linked study guides are provided for your convenience only; be aware that they contain instructions and/or links that are not relevant to our class.  Consult them for background information and to be pointed to some important aspects of the texts.

Finally: you are advised to consult this calendar on-line rather than making a print-out, 1) to save some trees (print-out would be very long); and 2) because assignments may change and/or instructions be added.  Please remember that the on-line calendar, not any print-out you make, is authoritative.  Check weekly to ensure you are completing correct assignment.

Week 1    (September 26-28)
 

	Topic and Readings	Recommended Research Assignment  (Traditional and Web Resources)
Day 1	Introduction to ENGL 439: course organization, requirements and expectations. Overview of Readings (sign-up for research topics at our next class meeting). Please read COMPLETELY through our class homepage, this calendar of assignments, and assigned background readings PRIOR TO OUR NEXT CLASS MEETING. Also, because sign-ups for Oral Presentations will begin at our second class meeting, you are advised to read through the Oral Presentation Guidelines.	In this class, you will use research tools accessible online through the Kennedy  Library to identify and obtain secondary sources (scholarly criticism) on your research topic.  Contrary to popular belief, these are NOT typically to be found free on the Web; they are in expensive, subscription-only databases which take an increasingly large bite out of the Kennedy Library's Materials Acquisition budget each year -- so you owe it to yourselves to use them effectively! To access restricted resources from off campus, you will be prompted to log in (using your PolyCard barcode); or you can log in at MyPolycat each time you visit the Kennedy Library site.  If you are unfamiliar with the techniques of literary research or the use of these tools, you are strongly advised to consult Dr. Schwartz's Guide to Kennedy Library Research Tools before you start.  Please be aware that little if any material found using standard web search engines (Google, Lycos, etc.) is suitable for citation in a research paper.  If you DO choose to use Web Search Engines for your research, be sure to consult Research Step 6: Finding and Evaluating Web-Based Resources for tips on how to evaluate the scholarly validity of a website.
Day 2	Contexts: Feminist criticism / gender studies medieval textual practices the medieval notion of Translatio  medieval attitudes toward vernacular literature Readings:  Feminist Criticism, Gender Criticism, and Queer Theory (Abrams Glossary of Literary Terms, 8th ed.) (e-reserve) W. F. Bolton, "The Conditions of Literary Composition in Medieval England" (click first link for study guide; click HERE for reading on E-Reserve). "Translatio studii et imperii" (online reading)  "Medieval prologues" (online reading), which is also a guide to: Marie de France, prologues/epilogue (electronic reserve);  prologue to the Lais (in The Lais of Marie de France, pp. 28-9);  prologues to Chrétien de Troyes's Erec and Enide and  Cliges (in Arthurian Romances, pp. 37 and 123).  ALWAYS PRINT OUT E-RESERVE AND ONLINE READINGS.  Put them in a binder and bring it to class, along with any textbooks from which there are assigned readings.	First Research Assignment (to be completed before our class meeting): Introduction to Kennedy Library Research Tools: Read through Preliminaries 1: Types of Sources and Preliminaries II: Modes of Access on Dr. Schwartz's Guide to Kennedy Library Research Tools. When you come to class, you should be able to list the 5 kinds of sources (and be aware that the Guide to Research Tools also outlines how to find these kinds of resources and provides basic models for documenting them correctly).  be able to list the 4 modes of access for source materials.  know what "SFX" and "PolySearch"are (and be aware of their limitations).  You are responsible for information covered in these research assignments, although we will not spend significant time talking about them in class meeting. In addition to readings at left and above, read COMPLETELY through class homepage and this calendar of assignments, decide on preferred date/topic of oral research presentation. Also, because sign-ups for Oral Presentations will begin at our second class meeting, you are advised to read through the Oral Presentation Guidelines.

Week 2    (October 3-5)
 

	Topic and Readings	Recommended Research Assignment  (Traditional and Web Resources)
Day 1	As needed: continued discussion of medieval contexts (see reading assignments for week 1, day 2, above)  Classical and Medieval Misogyny I: Attacking Women Readings: R. Howard Bloch, "Medieval Misogyny": .PDF file on e-reserve (16 pp.) Defamed and Defended  Introduction (WDWD pp. 1-15) : .PDF file on e-reserve (8 pp.) Selections from Classical Misogyny  (WDWD pp. 17-82): .PDF file on e-reserve (34 pp.) Selections from  Medieval Latin Misogyny 1 (religious) (WDWD pp. 83-93 ): .PDF file on e-reserve (6 pp.) The selections above are found in the recommended text  Women Defamed and Women Defended, pp. 1-93. There is one copy of the textbook on 2-hour/overnight reserve if you prefer to photocopy this assignment.	Research Assignment (to be completed before our class meeting): SKIM your MLA Handbook chapters on Research and Writing, the Mechanics of Writing, and the Format of the Research Paper (so you'll know what's there), and read carefully the sections on italics vs. underliningand on the Titles of Works (in the chapter called the Mechanics of Writing). You will need to be clear about these rules in order to write correct bibliographic citations. If you have questions, consult the Dr. Schwartz's Guide to Kennedy Library Research tools and/or ask Dr. Schwartz for help during an offie hour!  You need to know: when to use italics/underlining and when to use quotation marks for titles (what sorts of work use each). that you should never mix italics and underlining in the same document -- you must pick ONE and use it CONSISTENTLY. For work submitted to me, please use only UNDERLINING, not italics. how to indicate a normally underlined (or italicized) title within another underlined (or italicized) title. how to indicate a normally quotation-marked title (or a quotation) within another quotation-marked title. that an underlined title remains underlined when it is incorporated into a quotation-marked title. how to handle punctuation (or subtitles) within the title of a work.  (There are specific rules you must follow; do not simply copy the formatting found on the title page of the work in question, or you are likely to lose points for incorrect formatting of your bibliographic citations.) 2) If you have not already signed up for an Oral Presentation date, check the Schedule of Oral Presentations and decide which of the remaining dates/topics you are most interested in (including some alternates!); sign-ups will continue in class today!
Day 2	As needed: continued discussion of reading assignments for week 2 day 1, above  Classical and Medieval Misogyny, II: Attacking Marriage Medieval Latin Misogyny 2 (satirical) (WDWD pp. 99, 103-129 ): .PDF file on e-reserve (14 pp.) Lamentations of Matheolus (WDWD pp. 148, 177-197 ): .PDF file on e-reserve (11 pp.) The selections above are found in the recommended text  Women Defamed and Women Defended, pp. 99, 103-129, 148, 177-197.   There is one copy of the textbook on 2-hour/overnight reserve if you prefer to photocopy this assignment. *   -   *   -   * CONTEXT FOR MARIE DE FRANCE: Background lecture on the Tristan romances.	Homework:  Read carefully through the profile of Polycat on Dr. Schwartz's Guide to Kennedy Library Research Tools.  Be sure you are clear about what it is, what Polycat contains, when (and why) to use it, its strengths and its limitations. Then, click on the link for detailed instructions for your first research assignment: Research Step 1: Kennedy Library via Polycat.  ASK DR. SCHWARTZ IN CLASS if you have any questions on what you need to do. By following the directions in Research Step 1: Kennedy Library via Polycat, you should be able to find some  useful secondary sources -- which are studies ABOUT your author, topic or work, not an edition or translation of the text itself  -- in the Kennedy Library collections. The directions will also guide you through submitting your first two research reports to the class research archive, "Searching Polycat" and "Kennedy Library Results." Reminder: the class research archiveis located in a Blackboard "Discussion Board."  To access Blackboard, log in at MyCalpoly, go to "Blackboard Access" and select "ENGL 459" from the classes you are taking; then click on "Discussion Board" and enter the "forum" for the topic you researching.  (I will create a separate "forum" for each reading.)

Week 3    (October 10-12)
 

	Topic and Readings	Recommended Research Assignment  (Traditional and Web Resources)
Day 1	A Woman's Perspective: Marie de France Marie de France, Lais, pp. 1-161, 182-195:  Introduction; Prologue (again); Guigemar; Equitan; Le Fresne; Bisclavret; Lanval; Les Deus Amanz ("The Two Lovers"); Yonec; Laustic; Chaitivel; Chevrefoil.  NOTE:  discussion of these Lais will continue on Th 10/12!!    But please DO read through them ALL for Tuesday's class meeting. Assigned critical essay: Diana M. Faust, "Women Narrators in the Lais of Marie de France," (.PDF file on e-reserve; 6 pp.).  From Women in French Literature, ed. Michel Guggenheim, Stanford French and Italian Studies 58 (Saratoga [CA]: Anima Libri, 1988), pp. 17-27. Hard copy of book  on reserve for ENGL 439 (PQ149 .W6 1988). If you have time, have a look at one or more of the recommended essays listed for next class meeting:  Stephen G. Nichols, "Working Late: Marie de France and the Value of Poetry" (.PDF file on e-reserve; 6 pp.).  From Women in French Literature, ed. Michel Guggenheim, Stanford French and Italian Studies 58 (Saratoga [CA]: Anima Libri, 1988), pp. 7-16. Hard copy book  on reserve for ENGL 439 (PQ149 .W6 1988). Eva Rosenn, "The Sexual and Textual Politics of Marie's Poetics" (.PDF file on e-reserve; 10 pp.).  From In Quest of Marie de France, A Twelfth-Century Poet, ed. Chantal A. Maréchal (Lewiston [NY]: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1992), pp. 225-242. (If you prefer hard copy: Josh Ostini has ordered this book from Link+; or see Dr. Schwartz to borrow her personal copy) Michelle A. Freeman, "The Changing Figure of the Male: The Revenge of the Female Storyteller" (.PDF file on e-reserve; 10 pp.).  From In Quest of Marie de France, A Twelfth-Century Poet, ed. Chantal A. Maréchal (Lewiston [NY]: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1992), pp. 243-261. (If you prefer hard copy, Josh Ostini has ordered this book from Link+; or see Dr. Schwartz to borrow her personal copy)	Homework:  Read carefully through the description of LINK+ and its profile on Dr. Schwartz's Guide to Kennedy Library Research Tools.  Be sure you are clear about what it is, what can be borrowed from it, when (and why) to use it, its strengths and its limitations. Then, click on the link for detailed instructions for the second research assignment: Research Step 2: Using LINK+.  ASK DR. SCHWARTZ IN CLASS if you have any questions on what you need to do. By following the directions in Research Step 2: Using LINK+, you will learn how to use LINK+ to order additional secondary sources from cooperating libraries.  LINK+ can be used to order books only -- not journal articles.  It is fast -- books ordered through LINK+ typically arrive within 2-3 days.  The directions will also guide you though submitting your next two research reports to the class research archive, "LINK+ Search Results" and "LINK+ Orders 1."
Day 2	Marie de France, Lais, 162-181; 196-223:   Milun; Eliduc.  Also Recommended (critical essays): Stephen G. Nichols, "Working Late: Marie de France and the Value of Poetry" (.PDF file on e-reserve; 6 pp.).  From Women in French Literature, ed. Michel Guggenheim, Stanford French and Italian Studies 58 (Saratoga [CA]: Anima Libri, 1988), pp. 7-16. Hard copy book  on reserve for ENGL 439 (PQ149 .W6 1988). Eva Rosenn, "The Sexual and Textual Politics of Marie's Poetics" (.PDF file on e-reserve; 10 pp.).  From In Quest of Marie de France, A Twelfth-Century Poet, ed. Chantal A. Maréchal (Lewiston [NY]: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1992), pp. 225-242. (If you prefer hard copy: Josh Ostini has ordered this book from Link+; or see Dr. Schwartz to borrow her personal copy) Michelle A. Freeman, "The Changing Figure of the Male: The Revenge of the Female Storyteller" (.PDF file on e-reserve; 10 pp.).  From In Quest of Marie de France, A Twelfth-Century Poet, ed. Chantal A. Maréchal (Lewiston [NY]: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1992), pp. 243-261. (If you prefer hard copy, Josh Ostini has ordered this book from Link+; or see Dr. Schwartz to borrow her personal copy) Research Presentations:  (each should focus on a specific lai.) Eric McClendon:  Milun Josh Ostini: Eliduc	Homework: Read carefully through the profile of the MLA Bibliography on Dr. Schwartz's Guide to Kennedy Library Research Tools .  Be sure you are clear about what it is, when (and why) to use it, its strengths and its limitations. Read information on SFX and its limitations.  (Remember:  the MLA Bibliography is NOT itself a mode of access for secondary sources.)  Review information on ILL (Interlibrary Loan) as a mode of access distinct from LINK+. Then, click on the link for detailed instructions for the third research assignment: Research Step 3: Using the MLA Bibliography to Identify Additional Sources on Your Topic (and then figure out how to access them!).  COME TO AN OFFICE HOUR  if you have questions about what you need to do. By following the detailed instructions on Research Step 3: Using the MLA Bibliography to Identify Additional Sources on Your Topic (and then figure out how to access them!), you will learn to use the MLA Bibliography to identify additional secondary sources on your topic and Interlibrary Loan to access articles and books which are not available at Cal Poly or through LINK+. The directions will also help you prepare your next research reports for the class research archive, "MLA Search Results" and "ILL Orders" (as well as "LINK+ Orders 2" if applicable)

Week 4    (October 17-19)
 

	Topic and Readings	Recommended Research Assignment  (Traditional and Web Resources)
Day 1	A Man's Perspective: Chrétien de Troyes Chrétien de Troyes, Arthurian Romances: Introduction (1-22) and Erec and Enide (37-122).  READ WHOLE TEXT BY CLASS TIME. Research Presentation(s):  Nick Bilich	Homework: Read about electronic modes of access and the profiles of the four Kennedy Library subscription journal databases we will use to look for full-text, electronically accessed journal articles on Dr. Schwartz's Guide to Kennedy Library Research Tools.  Be clear about what each database includes, what to use them for, and their advantages and disadvantages.  Carefully read information on SFX and on Polysearch (and their limitations).    Know what to add to the citation of a journal article citation accessed electronically  through a subscription database. Then, click on the link for detailed instructions for the fourth research assignment: Research Step 4: Using Full-Text Subscription Databases in the Kennedy Library Collections.  COME TO AN OFFICE HOUR if you have questions about what you need to do. The detailed instructions in Research Step 4: Using Full-Text Subscription Databases in the Kennedy Library Collections will help you learn to search for full-text journal articles on your topic in four of Cal Poly's subscription databases.  The directions will also help you prepare your next four research reports for the class research archive: "Muse Results," "EAI Results," ASE Results" and "JSTOR Results."   ALSO:  begin preparing review notes for first midterm exam!  Setting up a STUDY GROUP to prepare for the midterm is highly recommended!!
Day 2	Erec and Enide, cont. New reading (required): On Electronic Reserve: Peggy McCracken, "Silence and the Courtly Wife: Chrétien de Troyes's Erec et Enide," The Arthurian Yearbook III, ed. Keith Busby (New York: Garland, 1993), pp. 107-26. (.PDF file on e-reserve, 11pp.) Also recommended: Joan Tasker Grimbert, "Misrepresentation and Misconception in Chrétien de Troyes: Nonverbal and Verbal Semiotics in Erec et Enide and Perceval," Sign, Sentence, Discourse: Language in Medieval Thought and Literature, ed. Julian N. Wasserman and Lois Roney (Syracuse [NY]: Syracuse UP, 1989), pp. 50-79.  (Relevant material found pp. 50 and 64-79.) Research Presentation(s):   Helen Knight	1)Homework: Review information on electronic modes of access and read carefully through the profile of NetLibrary on Dr. Schwartz's Guide to Kennedy Library Research Tools.  Be clear about what it is, when and how to use it, its strengths and its limitations.  Know what to add to the bibliographic citation of an ebook accessed through a subscription database like NetLibrary. Then, click on the link for detailed instructions for the fourth research assignment: Research Step 5: Searching the E-books in NetLibrary.  COME TO AN OFFICE HOUR if you have questions about what you need to do.. The detailed instructions in Research Step 5: Searching the E-books in NetLibrary will guide you as you learn to search directly in the ebooks found in NetLibrary, another of Cal Poly's subscription databases. The directions will also help you prepare your next research report for the class research archive, "NetLibraryResults."   ALSO:  continue preparing for first midterm exam!  Setting up a STUDY GROUP to prepare for the midterm is highly recommended!!

Week 5    (October 24-26)
 

	Topic and Readings	Recommended Research Assignment  (Traditional and Web Resources)
Day 1	Problematizing Gender: Nature vs. Nurture Heldris de Cornwall, The Romance of Silence.  Read WHOLE TEXT by class time. NB:  today's assignment is fun and easy to read but LONG; plan ahead for it! On e-reserve: Lorraine Kachanske Stock, "The Importance of Being Gender 'Stable': Masculinity and Feminine Empowerment in Le Roman de Silence," Arthuriana 7.2 (Summer, 1997): 7-34.  (PDF file, 14 pp.) Also recommended:  Robert S. Sturges, "The Crossdresser and the Juventus: Category Crisis in Silence," Arthuriana 12.1 (Spring, 2002): 37-49. (PN685.A78). Research presentation(s):  Morgan Leckie AND/OR Hannah Sidaris-Green  (preferably both presentations day 1. . .)	1)Click on the link and follow the guidelines to begin work on the Prospectus and Working Bibliography for your Research Paper, due by 4 PM on Friday, November 3.  Note 1: the Prospectus is normally an ungraded exercise allowing me to provide feedback that will help you write a stronger final research paper.  But if no prospectus is submitted (or if it does not follow assignment guidelines), it will count for 10% of the final course grade.  Remember, I will use your Paper Prospectus and Working Bibliography to help me grade the "Paper Preview" section on the midterm! 2) Click on the link for instructions for an OPTIONAL research assignment (which may be completed for Extra Credit): Research Step 6: Finding and Evaluating Web-Based Resources. ALSO:  continue preparing for first midterm exam!  Setting up a STUDY GROUP to prepare for the midterm is highly recommended!!
Day 2	MIDTERM 1 (alas, it has to be today . . . I'll be out of town for the CSU English Council meeting!)

Week 6    (October 31 - November 2)
 

	Topic and Readings	Recommended Research Assignment  (Traditional and Web Resources)
Day 1	FIRST HOUR of class discussion will likely focus on continued discussion of the Romance of Silence.  But please come to class having completed the NEW READINGS listed below.  We will likely begin discussion of them in the second hour.  (And even if we spend the full two hours on the Romance of Silence,  The Romance of Silence, continued New Readings: The Selected Writings of Christine de Pizan:  Introduction, xi-xvi, and selections from Christine de Pizan, The Book of Fortune's Transformation, 88-107.  Read sections 1.1-1.6, 1.10-1.12. (Follow link above for background on Christine from ENGL 203 study guide.) Selected Fabliaux (PDF file, 21 pp.):  "The Wife of Orleans"; "The Miller and the Two Clerics"; "Beranger Longbottom" (by Garin); "The Petticoat" (by Jean de Condé); "The Man Who Had A Quarrelsome Wife" (by Marie de France); "The Cunt that Was Made with the Shovel"; "The Judgment on Cunts."  (Except as noted, authors are unknown -- the case of the vast majority of medieval fabliaux.)  Read these selections AFTER familiarizing yourself with the information on the fabliau genre on my ENGL 330/512 study guide for the Miller's Tale. Selections from The Fifteen Joys of Marriage (PDF file, 7 pp.): Prologue, Joys # 1, 5, 10, Conclusion.  (Oversized pages with small amount of large-character text in original have been reduced; there are 8 pp. of text on each page of the PDF file.) Research presentation(s):  Morgan Leckie and/or Hannah Sidaris-Green (at least one must present on 10/24)	Continue work on your RESEARCH PAPER PROSPECTUS, OUTLINE AND WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY, DUE TO MY MAILBOX BY 4 PM on FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3.
Day 2	Medieval Misogyny, III: Vernacular Attacks on Women and Marriage (Fabliaux, The Fifteen Joys of Marriage, and The Romance of the Rose) Continued discussion of e-reserve readings assigned for last class:  Selected Fabliaux (PDF file, 21 pp.):  "The Wife of Orleans"; "The Miller and the Two Clerics"; "Beranger Longbottom" (by Garin); "The Petticoat" (by Jean de Condé); "The Man Who Had A Quarrelsome Wife" (by Marie de France); "The Cunt that Was Made with the Shovel"; "The Judgment on Cunts."  (Except as noted, authors are unknown -- the case of the vast majority of medieval fabliaux.)  Read these selections AFTER familiarizing yourself with the information on the fabliau genre on my ENGL 330/512 study guide for the Miller's Tale. Selections from The Fifteen Joys of Marriage (PDF file, 7 pp.): Prologue, Joys # 1, 5, 10, Conclusion.  (Oversized pages with small amount of large-character text in original have been reduced; there are 8 pp. of text on each page of the PDF file.) New Readings:  The Romance of the Rose. Women Defamed and Women Defended, 148-166 (introduction to and selections from the Romance of the Rose); additional Rose selections on e-reserve: Romance of the Rose Selections 1 (PDF file, 8 pp.).  Read using the ENGL 203 Study Guide "Rose I," where these selections are presented as contexts for reading Chaucer's General Prologue.  (You needn't concern yourself with the GP, but DO follow this link for important info on the Romance of the Rose and guidance on what to look for in these selections!!) Romance of the Rose Selections 2 (PDF file, 14 pp.).  Read these selections using the ENGL 203 study guide "Rose II," which explains how these selections are connected to Chaucer's Wife of Bath. Romance of the Rose Selections 3 (PDF file, 14 pp.).  Read these selections using the ENGL 203 study guide "Rose III," which will prepare you to understand Christine de Pizan's reactions to the misogyny of the Rose (the subject of our next class meeting). Also fun (but not required reading!): : Women Defamed and Women Defended, pp. 130-144 (anti-feminist tales from The Book of the Wiles of Women and from Gautier le Leu's "The Widow").	Continue work on your RESEARCH PAPER PROSPECTUS, OUTLINE AND WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY, DUE TO MY MAILBOX BY 4 PM on FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3.

RESEARCH PAPER PROSPECTUS, OUTLINE AND WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY, DUE TO MY MAILBOX BY 4 PM on FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3.

Week 7    (November 7-9)
 

	Topic and Readings	Recommended Research Assignment  (Traditional and Web Resources)
Day 1	Defending Women I:  Christine de Pizan's reactions to the Romance of the Rose Continued discussion of The Romance of the Rose selections assigned last week; Christine's two explicit reactions to the Romance of the Rose [Follow links for study guides used in ENGL 203, parts of which will contain useful information for students in ENGL 439.] Consultation of the study guide is strongly advised! (Remember that there is one copy of Woman Defamed, Woman Defended  on 2-hour/overnight reserve if you need to photocopy parts of this assignment). Christine and the Rose 1: The God of Love's Letter.  Read introductory statements  pp. 278-9 in Women Defamed and Women Defended (in 10-page .PDF file, below); read text of the letter in The Selected Writings of Christine de Pizan, pp. 15-29. Christine and the Rose 2: the debate on the Romance of the Rose.  Selections from Women Defamed and Women Defended, pp. 286-289 (.PDF file, 10 pp.); additional selections from The Selected Writings of Christine de Pizan, pp. 41-45. If you do not have a copy of WDWD, be sure to PRINT OUT/PHOTOCOPY ASSIGNED PAGES AND BRING THEM WITH YOU TO CLASS! Also Recommended:  Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski, "Christine de Pizan and the Misogynistic Tradition," in The Selected Writings of Christine de Pizan, pp. 297-311. Beatrice Gottlieb, "The Problem of Feminism in the Fifteenth Century," in The Selected Writings of Christine de Pizan, pp. 274-97.	IN CLASS: Sign up for conference weeks 7 or 8 to discuss your research prospectus. Begin review for second midterm exam. Work on Research paper.
Day 2	Continued discussion of Christine's reactions to vernacular misogyny.  REVIEW: Lamentations of Matheolus (WDWD pp. 148, 177-197 ): .PDF file on e-reserve (11 pp.). Note that Jehan le Fèvre's Lamentations of Matheolus is the highly misogynistic text which Christine says was her catalyst for writing The City of Ladies.  (There are also multiple references to it in the Wife of Bath's Prologue). New Reading: Christine de Pizan, The City of Ladies. Selections printed in The Selected Writings of Christine de Pizan, pp. 116-155, and in Women Defamed and Women Defended, pp. 289-302 (included in previous 10-page .PDF file, above).  Don't worry about all the details in the long selections found in your Christine textbook; look for statements that deal explicitly with her reactions to medieval misogyny, the issue of education for women, and/or being a  women writer. Research presentation on The City of Ladies: Matt LaFontaine	Continue review for second midterm exam (remember, there will be a "Paper Preview" section on this midterm!!) Setting up a STUDY GROUP to prepare is highly recommended! Work on Research paper.

Week 8    (November 14-16)
 

	Topic and Readings	Recommended Research Assignment  (Traditional and Web Resources)
Day 1	Gender and the Woman Writer. Selections from Christine's Vision and from The Path of Long Study, in The Selected Writings of Christine de Pizan. New Readings: From Christine's Vision:  read the Introduction, pp. 173-5; from Part I, sections 5-6 only (pp. 177-8); and all selections pp. 180-201. Look for comments on the education of women or on being a woman writer From The Path of Long Study: read the Introduction, pp. 59-60; text, pp. 60-75 and 86-7. As you read, look for comments on the education of women, on being a woman writer, and/or on misogynistic literary traditions; you can ignore the rest. . . Research Presentation on  The Path of Long Study: Bobby Pierce	Continue review for second midterm exam (remember, there will be a "Paper Preview" section on this midterm!!) Setting up a STUDY GROUP to prepare is highly recommended! Work on Research paper.
Day 2	Body vs. Spirit: Mysticism and Feminine Spirituality (Margery Kempe and Julian of Norwich) Margery Kempe and Julian of Norwich selections, from the Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Middle Ages, 7th ed., vol. 1a, pp. 366-79 (or access them electronically). Required readings: Julian of Norwich, Norton Anthology excerpts from A Book of Showings (aka the Revelations of Divine Love), on e-reserve (PDF file, 7 pp.), or find them in your Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Middle Ages, 7th ed., vol. 1a, pp. 355-66.  If you do not have a copy of the book, be sure to PRINT OUT THESE E-READINGS AND BRING THEM WITH YOU TO CLASS!  Norton Anthology excerpts from The Book of Margery Kempe [PDF file, 7 pp.] ) from the Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Middle Ages, 7th ed., vol. 1a, pp. 366-79 (or access them electronically: Critical essay on Margery Kempe and Julian of Norwich:  Lynn Staley Johnson, "The Trope of the Scribe and the Question of Literary Authority in the Works of Julian of Norwich and Margery Kempe," Speculum 66.4. (Oct., 1991): 820-838. PRINT IT OUT AND BRING WITH YOU TO CLASS.  Online (JSTOR). Try this link ; or search directly in JSTOR  Stable URL: http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0038-7134%28199110%2966%3A4%3C820%3ATTOTSA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-6 Research presentation(s):  Margery Kempe: Laurel Smith Julian of Norwich: Katy Wright	Continue review for second midterm exam (remember, there will be a "Paper Preview" section on this midterm!!) Setting up a STUDY GROUP to prepare is highly recommended! Work on Research paper.

RESEARCH PAPER PROSPECTUS, OUTLINE AND WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE TO MY MAILBOX by NOON on FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12 at the latest!! (If you are leaving town for the long week-end, you MUST turn in prospectus by our class meeting on Wednesday, November 10!!)

Week 9a    (November 21)
 

	Topic and Readings	Recommended Research Assignment  (Traditional and Web Resources)
Day 1	Defending Women II :The Wife of Bath Chaucer, The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale.  Read the WB's Prologue and Tale (CT 276-310 OR CT 258 -292, depending on edition), AND CONSULT THE NOTES to the WBP as printed in Women Defamed and Women Defended, pp.198-222 (.PDF file, 13 pp.); pay particular attention to notes which point out misogynistic works and authors to which she is reacting  (there is one copy of the textbook on 2-hour/overnight reserve if you prefer to photocopy this assignment).  Research presentation(s): Note: if there is more than one presentation, first should focus on the Prologue, second on connections between the Prologue and the Tale.	Continue review for second midterm exam (remember, there will be a "Paper Preview" section on this midterm!!) Setting up a STUDY GROUP to prepare is highly recommended! Work on Research paper.
Day 2	NO CLASS--HAPPY THANKSGIVING!	Eat, drink and be merry!

Week 9b   (November 28-30)
 

	Topic and Readings	Recommended Research Assignment  (Traditional and Web Resources)
Day 1	Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales 2: Courtly love? The Nun's Priest's Tale (Canterbury Tales 214-31) and The Franklin's Tale (Canterbury Tales 407-433).  Consultation of the study guides (follow links) is strongly advised.   Two Research Presentations (one on each tale). 1st hour: "The Nun's Priest's Tale":  Ashley Torres 2nd hour: "The Franklin's Tale":	Continue review for second midterm exam (remember, there will be a "Paper Preview" section on this midterm!!) Setting up a STUDY GROUP to prepare is highly recommended! Work on Research paper.
Day 2	Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales 4: Anti-feminism? The Clerk's Tale (Canterbury Tales 320-56) and The Man of Law's Tale  (Canterbury Tales 122-157). Two Research Presentations (one on each tale). 1st hour: "The Clerk's Tale": Jennifer Corob 2nd hour: "The Man of Law's Tale":	Continue review for second midterm exam (remember, there will be a "Paper Preview" section on this midterm!!) Setting up a STUDY GROUP to prepare is highly recommended! Work on Research paper.

Week 10 (December 5-7)
 

	Topic and Readings	Recommended Research Assignment  (Traditional and Web Resources)
Day 1	Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales 2: Just fabliaux? The Miller's Tale (Canterbury Tales 86-106) and The Merchant's Tale (Canterbury Tales 357-88). Consultation of The Miller's Tale study guide strongly advised.  Two Research Presentations (one on each tale). 1st hour: "The Miller's Tale":  2nd hour: "The Merchant's Tale":	Continue review for second midterm exam (remember, there will be a "Paper Preview" section on this midterm!!) Setting up a STUDY GROUP to prepare is highly recommended! Work on Research paper.
Day 2	Midterm Two (objective only, on material covered since Midterm 1).  No essay.

The Final Oral Exercise (required) is typically held at my home in conjunction with an (optional) class dinner; it will take place during the regularly scheduled final exam time, Tuesday, 12/12/06, from 4-7 PM. The celebratory dinner will be semi-potluck; sign-ups last week of class.  Your research paper is due at the time of the final oral exercise.  MAKE A NOTE OF IT!!

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